Barringer v. Halkitis
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The Supreme Court held that Jay Barringer's quo warranto petition filed in this case was a frivolous proceeding brought before the Supreme Court by a state prisoner and sanctioned Barringer by barring him from filing any further pro se requests for relief related to his criminal case.
Barringer was convicted of one count of attempted sexual battery of a victim less than twelve years old and sentenced to twenty-five-years' imprisonment. In 2011, Barringer began filing petitions in the Supreme Court. The Court did not grant the relief sought in any of Barringer's filings. In the instant quo warranto petition Barringer challenged his conviction on the ground that the information was defective, a claim Barringer previously raised by way of a habeas petition. The Supreme Court denied the petition and found that Barringer abused the Court's limited judicial resources. The Court sanctioned Barringer by directing the Clerk of Court to reject any future pleadings or other requests for relief submitted by Barringer that are related to his criminal case, unless such filings are signed by a member of The Florida Bar in good standing.
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